[vawnt, vahnt] 
| 1. | to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements. |
| 2. | to speak boastfully; brag. |
| 3. | a boastful action or utterance. |
| vaunt (vônt, vŏnt) v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v. tr. To speak boastfully of; brag about. v. intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast1. n.
[Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vānāre, from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.] vaunt'er n., vaunt'ing·ly adv. |
